SA Urinary Cases Seminar Flashcards
1
Q
List three things you make see with a regenerative anaemia
A
Reticulocytosis
Anisocytosis
Polychromasia
2
Q
What are the three main causes of hypoalbuminaemia?
A
Protein losing enteropathy
Protein losing nephropathy
Liver disease
3
Q
What is the most common urolith type in dogs?
A
Struvite
4
Q
What can ammonium urate be caused by?
A
Hereditary or secondary to liver disease (mainly portosystemic shunts
5
Q
Which breed has a predisposition to urate uroliths?
A
Dalmations
6
Q
When finding a urate stone in a non-dalmation dog and cats, what should you evaluate?
A
Hepatic insufficiency
7
Q
How can you manage animals with defective uric transport?
A
Dietary modification (protein restriction to reduce ammonia)
Allopurinol - xanthine oxidase inhibitor so reduces uric acid production
